While the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch have an easy interface for switching among languages, there are many languages that require characters not available. On 18 June, FirstVoices released their FirstVoices Chat app that provides characters for more than 100 languages spoken in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US.

Also free, the FirstVoices Chat app allows you to set up to seven languages to type in.

Two days ago, Al Jazeera posted a great story on how the Ktunaxa are using the Internet and the FirstVoices website to revitalize their language, Kutenai (kut). It includes a 22-minute video. Canada: The Ktunaxa